SBOM Opinions, Phosphorus, CISA Tools, Beyond Identity, & CyberSec Word Games – ESW #262
This week in the Enterprise News: eSentire raises $325M as it expands into services Beyond Identity raises $100M to build out MFA, Secureframe raises $56M to help folks with SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance, Nashville-based Phosphorus Cybersecurity raises $38M to secure IoT devices (curious about the name - what kind of Phosphorus? Could be dangerous!), anecdotes raises a $25M Series A to compete in the same space as Secureframe (lots of money for folks that ease compliance pains!), Cloudflare acquires, Area 1 Security for $162M, Darktrace acquires ASM vendor Cybersprint, Snyk acquires Fugue, Andy Ellis drops an SBOM in his latest opinion piece, the latest of several thought-provoking hot takes from him, CISA publishes a list of free tools and services, & more!
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- 1. FUNDING: eSentire Raises $325M; Security Unicorn Preps MDR, XDR as a Service Expansion – MSSP Alerthttps://www.msspalert.com/investments/esentire-raises-325m-security-unicorn-preps-mdr-xdr-as-a-service-expansion/
- 2. FUNDING: CHEQ enters Unicorn club with $150 million Series C at $1 billion valuation
- 3. FUNDING: Beyond Identity Becomes Unicorn With $100 Million Series C Funding Roundhttps://www.securityweek.com/beyond-identity-becomes-unicorn-100-million-series-c-funding-round
- 4. FUNDING: Secureframe secures $56M for a platform that automates an enterprise’s compliance with standards like HIPAA and SOC 2 – TechCrunch
- 5. FUNDING: Phosphorus Cybersecurity raises $38 million to secure IoT devices
- 6. FUNDING: anecdotes, a compliance operating system platform, secures $25M Series A – TechCrunch
- 7. FUNDING: Zero Networks Raises $20M Led by Venrock to Expand Pioneering, Effortless Segmentation to Stop the Spread of Ransomware
- 8. FUNDING: Astrix Security Emerges from Stealth with $15M Seed Round to Secure Enterprises’ Expanding Web of Third-Party Applications
- 9. ACQUISITIONS: Cloudflare acquires Area 1 Security for $162 million
- 10. ACQUISITIONS: Darktrace Acquires Attack Surface Management Company Cybersprint
- 11. ACQUISITIONS: Snyk expands into cloud security with acquisition of Fugue
- 12. NEW PRODUCTS: Enable True Zero Trust Security for Device Accesshttps://infinipoint.io/
- 13. HOT TAKES: Drop the SBOMhttps://www.csoonline.com/article/3649794/drop-the-sbom.html
- 14. FREE TOOLS: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Publishes List of Free Security Tools and Serviceshttps://thehackernews.com/2022/02/us-cybersecurity-agency-publishes-list.html#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16453052069866&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fthehackernews.com%2F2022%2F02%2Fus-cybersecurity-agency-publishes-list.html
- 15. SQUIRREL: Cybersecurity Daily Word Game
